| TornadoCreator said:
Spec Ops: The Line - Combined sales 970,000 - The critics loved this but for some reason people didn't buy it. These people missed out. This is a third person military shooter, and it's a pretty average on at that with decent serviceable gameplay. Shooting mechanics work, graphics are nice, level design is pretty decent. It's also however one of the most gripping horror games I've ever played and I consider it a horror game first and foremost, alongside the likes of Silent Hill and such. The story takes you through a warzone as you take control of a soldier going through the harshest and starkest parts of war as he slowly looses his mind in the stress of the warzone, lost and unsure who to trust, what to do, or even what he's done; you get to experience first hand what it's like to make such weightful decisions. This is the only game I've ever played that made me genuinely question my own morality, my philosophy on the value of human life and whether I can count myself as a good and honourable person. This is NOT a game for kids, though the morality of the game; the part that's most disturbing, would likely go over their heads anyway; I'd still claim this game is not for the faint hearted. This is an experience to be had though and it's a shame so many passed it over.
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So much truth in this segment. Your choices aren't either good or bad, you're just choosing the best bad option. This game's story was definitely the best part. I enjoyed the gameplay, but I'd agree it's nothing amazing. Because there's no clear good choice though, it really does reveal a lot about you as a person. This game did make me question my own morals, and no other game has really done that for me either. SPOILERS! The White Phosphorus part was one of the most heart wrenching sequences I've ever played in a game. END SPOILERS!! But yeah, it's a shame this game wasn't more popular.
